Victor Herbiet started his professional career as a member of the Canadian Forces music branch with which he performed in concert throughout Canada, the United States, France, Belgium, and South Korea, both as a soloist and in all types of formations, including stage bands, saxophone quartets, and concert bands.

 

After his service with the Canadian Forces, Victor reoriented his career towards solo performance, composition and education. As a soloist and chamber musician, Victor is regularly invited to play his own works for new music events and festivals in Canada’s capital.

 

As a composer, Victor Herbiet aims to add new challenges to the saxophone repertoire by using the instrument in a variety of ensembles. By blending the idioms of twelve-tone music with other styles such as French Impressionism, Canadian folk music, American jazz, and Latin music, and by using the saxophone as his main instrument, he has created his own musical language that is accessible yet capable of appealing to diverse audiences. To date, he has recorded two albums of his compositions with the Canadian label Centrediscs and composed over 50 works for saxophone that have been performed in North and South America, as well as in Europe and Asia.

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Victor is currently an adjunct professor at the School of Music of the University of Ottawa and associate composer at the Canadian Music Centre. He has released two full-length albums of his works on the Centrediscs label and his compositions are published and distributed by Gérard Billaudot, Dorn Publications, Note En Bulle and the Canadian Music Centre.